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Veloce Racing is a sister programme to the Veloce Esports organisation.

"Everyone involved in Veloce Racing is extremely passionate about racing, competition and cutting-edge technology, as well as tackling environmental issues that face the world today, so we couldn’t be happier to be taking part in Extreme E," said Newey.

“The series is an exceptional platform for developing new technology, drawing attention to the earth’s environmental challenges and driving change.

"Veloce will play an active role in as many of Extreme E’s legacy projects as possible to help regenerate the local environments. We now can’t wait to get started on our campaign."

Extreme E will begin in 2021, and has announced Greenland as its first race location.

HWA, Abt and Venturi have already also committed to running teams in the championship.

The series recently launched a 'drivers' programme' for people who had "signalled their intent" to compete in Extreme E.

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Series founder Alejandro Agag called Veloce "an incredibly exciting addition to Extreme E", in particular because it marked an Esports company adding a 'real-life' project.

"It has the input of a true technical genius in Adrian Newey and the backing of a world-class driver in Jean-Éric, as well as a number of highly-driven young entrepreneurs," said Agag.

“In every area of the sports industry we have seen established teams founding Esports equivalents but this is one of the first examples where an Esports company has bought into a traditional sports series.